Biology Taxonomy

The science of naming organisms and assigning them into groups called taxa ( singular. taxon )

It is part of the earth inhabitated by living organism.

Taxonomy attempts to classify all organisms withi the biosphere.

30 to 100 million

• - categorized according to habitat
• - water dwellers
• - air "
• - land "

• useful, harmful or superfluous (not neccessary)
• - very human centered view

• coined the term "Species"
• - organism similar in shape and structure and could reproduce with each other.

• - grouped organisms according to their structural similarities
• - invented Binomial nomenclature
• - Used genus and species base on the latin names of organisms

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species

A 2-word system of uniquely naming organisms according to their genus and species.

• - Universal scientific communication
• - Unique for every living things
• - Shows relationships between closely related organisms

Splitting of a whole into two mutually exclusive parts

to help place organisms into an appropriate classification group

• - 2 choices for each characteristic
• - unique ending for each individual item

• diagrams
• with words

- characteristics that defube the choices that are often based on the characteristics that subdivide each taxa.

ends with scientific name of organism using the binomial nomenclature system